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US History Ch.8 Jazz
Jazz Age Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1. Investigation | a systematic examination or official inquiry |
1. Revelation | an act of revealing to view or making known |
1. Supply-side economics. | an economic theory that lower tax rates will boost the economy as businesses and individuals invest their money, thereby creating higher tax revenue |
1. Cooperative individualism | President Hoover’s policy of encouraging manufacturers and distributors to form their own organizations and volunteer information to the federal government in an effort to stimulate the economy |
1. Isolationism | a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |
2. Mass production | the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line |
2. Assembly line | a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her |
2. Model T | automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927 |
2. Disposable | referring to the money remaining to an individual after deduction of taxes |
2. Credit | an amount or sum of money placed at a person’s disposal by a bank on condition that it will be repaid with interest |
3. Nativism | hostility toward immigrants by native-born people |
3. Anarchist | a person who believes there should be no government |
3. Source | the point at which something is provided |
3. Evolution | the scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have evolved over time |
3. Creationism | the belief that God created the world and everything in it, usually in the way described in the Bible |
3. Deny | to declare untrue |
3. Speakeasy | a place where alcoholic beverages are sold illegally |
4. Bohemian | unconventional; not bound by the rules of society |
4. Diverse | being different from one another |
4. Mass media | a medium of communication (such as television and radio) intended to reach a wide audience |
4. Unify | to bring together with similar goals or ideas |
5. Jazz | American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and that uses syncopated rhythms and improvisation |
5. Symbolize | to represent, express, or identify by a symbol |
5. Blues | style of music evolving from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound |
5. Impact | a lasting impression upon an individual or group |
5. Ongoing | being in process; continuing |